republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-4264.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to creation of a grant program for certain peace officers who hold a master proficiency certificate."
description: "Relating to creation of a grant program for certain peace officers who hold a master proficiency certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 4264"
citation: "Texas HB 4264 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS (V1064)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION", "GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (V0963)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "Salaries & Expenses (I0745)", "State Employees (I0626)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\""]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bccca2c-124d-4066-aab4-d55991c7cd4b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04200_HB04299/HB 4264.xml"
source_hash: "3ed35a24afb73b49369255304fa0c73af46da43fe8120581844ee1715be65457"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 4264 (89R) — Relating to creation of a grant program for certain peace officers who hold a master proficiency certificate.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04264I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04264E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04264H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04264S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04264F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **98–39** (pass) · lower
- passage — **98–39** (pass) · upper
- passage — **115–17** (pass) · lower
- passage — **130–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 4264 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **28–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Postponed
- **2025-05-01** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Record vote
- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-05** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bccca2c-124d-4066-aab4-d55991c7cd4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).